. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. two. Whenapphed in a powder, it may be mixed with five or six parts of wheat flour, and lightly siftedover the vines. This powder can be procured of any druggist, and when properly applied isa very efficient means of exterminating many kinds of beetles, worms, etc., from of these bugs is sometimes resorted to, but it is a slow and tedious process. Rot. — The rot is sometimes very damaging to grapes. Like mildew, it seems to beca
. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. two. Whenapphed in a powder, it may be mixed with five or six parts of wheat flour, and lightly siftedover the vines. This powder can be procured of any druggist, and when properly applied isa very efficient means of exterminating many kinds of beetles, worms, etc., from of these bugs is sometimes resorted to, but it is a slow and tedious process. Rot. — The rot is sometimes very damaging to grapes. Like mildew, it seems to becaused by a parasitic fungus, and warmth and moisture combined are essential to its develop-ment. It bas been found that all varieties of grapes are liable to its attacks at all stages ofthe growth and maturity of the fruit; some varieties, however, appear to resist the attacksbetter than others. It has been found by experiment in covering the bushes when smallwith thin paper bags or mosquito netting, and keeping them on until the close of the season,that this difficulty is prevented, which proves that the infection takes place by way of the. DISEASES AND ENEMIES OP FRUIT. 851 atmosphere. A board covering twenty or twenty-four inches wide is also said to be veryeffectual as a preventive. Web Worm.—This worm is a very destructive caterpillar which attacks many kinds offruit trees as well as other trees. The worms are small, light-yellow, with a black head andfeet, a broad, dark-colored stripe on the back and another stripe beneath which is thicklycovered with white hair. The eggs are laid on the under side of the leaf near the end of thetwigs and branches. These are soon hatched, and the larvae commence eating the tenderportions of the leaves, leaving only the skeleton, while they are always very active spinningtheir webs, which they do by weaving from one leaf to another, thus attaching three or fourleaves together as a framework for the web. They appear in May and may be see
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